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“He went right up to her face, nose to nose and shouted ‘you better sleep with one eye open. Is your house orange? If not it should be – I’m going to torch it with your kids in it.

“I’m going to burn your house down.”

Mr King said Beesley had 19 convictions for 29 offences dating back to 2000 including ABH, common assault, robbery, criminal damage, having an offensive weapon, breaching a community order, threatening behaviour, breaching a non-molestation order.

He said the defendant no longer lived on Byron Street, which was his address listed with the court. Kim Halsall, defending, said her client had given a guilty plea, had not offended since 2012 and was a full-time carer for his partner.

He had also been on a 9pm-7am curfew for 499 days and had spent 11 days in custody after his arrest.